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Shirley Ann Jackson is President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to her current role, Jackson was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995 to serve as Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Jackson became the first woman and first African American to hold that
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Angola: COVID-19 - Hoji-Ya-Henda District to Face Health Fence
Luanda — With the increase of local transmission cases of covid-19 from 16 to 18 in the latest 24 hours, the Multisectoral Commission is working to put under sanitary fence the district of Hoyi-Ya-Henda in the municipality of Cazenga, assured last Sunday the Minister of Health, Sílvia
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Florida Memorial University [Miami] (1879- )
Florida Memorial University is a private university located in Miami, Florida and is the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Southern Florida.  The schools history dates back to two separate institutions, the Florida Baptist Institute which was founded in 1879, and Florida
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Rubis in COVID-19 donation to CDC, GPHC
Joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Rubis Guyana Inc is  providing transportation for frontline workers and has also contributed more than $2M as part of its several initiatives aimed at providing relief to persons in need and to ongoing efforts of the Civil Defence Commission
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Leonard S. Coleman
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. was President of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. Coleman signed on with Major League Baseball in 1992 as Executive Director- Market Development. Previously, Coleman was a Municipal Finance Banker for Kidder, Peabody & Company. Prior to joining
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Wygant Et. Al. v. Jackson Board of Education Et. Al. (1986)
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Robert H. Jackson
Robert H. Jackson , in full Robert Houghwout Jackson (born February 13, 1892, Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died October 9, 1954, Washington, D.C.), associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
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Private sector wants Granger to state that recount result will be accepted
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is heartened by President David Granger’s stated recognition of the recount being necessary to ensure a credible result to the March 2 elections but wishes that he would have assured of his party’s acceptance of the result from that
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Black man dies at hands of police during arrest in Minneapolis [video]
Incredibly or not, the slaughter of black men at the hands of law enforcement officers continues, with the latest transgression occurring on Memorial Day in Minneapolis when four police officers were involved in the killing of black man who died in police
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Malawi: Top Court's Ruling Sets New Poll Standards
In its 142-page decision the seven judges in Malawi's Supreme Court of Appeal, among them the Chief Justice, Andrew Nyirenda, are unanimous in upholding the finding of the Constitutional Court: the May 2019 elections failed in their aim of 'duly electing' a new
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Vivo gets nod for legal fight with NLC in old land case
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Congo democratic republic
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Walker, Mary Edwards
Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832–1919, American surgeon and feminist, b. Oswego, N.Y., grad. Syracuse Medical College, 1855. At the beginning of the Civil War she offered her services to the Union army. For the first three years she served as a nurse, but in 1864 she was commissioned assistant
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He who asserts must prove
He who asserts must prove -GECOM Chair says about claims being raised at recount
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Cambridge Office Holder
Clement G. Morgan, a graduate of Harvard Law School, was elected to the Cambridge Common Council in 1895. He was later elected a Cambridge Alderman and appointed to the Highway Commission.
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Lowell W. Perry Confirmed as chairman of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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Last pick for Christie corruption team identified
The director of information and complaints has been identified and is now awaiting appointment, retired Justice Seymour Panton, chairman of the Integrity Commission, has
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Baldwin, James
Baldwin, James, 1924–87, American author, b. New York City. He spent an impoverished boyhood in Harlem, became a Pentecostal preacher at 14, and left the church three years later. He moved to Paris in 1947 and his first two novels, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), reflecting his experience as
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Courts under fire as inmate held for 40 years dies without trial
Jamaica’s courts are being blamed for a human-rights crisis at correctional facilities after an Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) report unearthed that an 81-year-old man died in the custody of a facility after a 40-year wait for
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Edward Waters College [Jacksonville] (1866- )
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Gov. Walz Calls In Minnesota National Guard After Destructive Protests Over George Floyd's Death In Police Custody
(The Center Square) – Gov. Tim Walz called in the Minnesota National Guard Thursday night before the third night of violent
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Amy Cooper is now being investigated by NYC Human Rights commission
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Buffalo Soldiers in Montana (1888-1898)
Between 1866 and 1917, African American soldiers served throughout the western United States, including the territory and later state of Montana. Beginning in 1888, the 24th and 25th Infantries and the 9th and 10th Cavalries would be stationed throughout Montana at Fort Missoula, Fort Keogh, and
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Angola: Justice, Law Reform Commission Outlines Lines of Action
Luanda — The Justice and Law Reform Commission (CRJD) pointed out the reform of the organic laws of the Supreme Court, the Superior Council for the Judicial Magistracy and the Attorney General's Office as a priority for its
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Malawi Electoral Body Commissioners Contract Ends Today
Chairperson of the commission Jane Ansah tendered her resignation a week ago amid stormy criticisms from the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and parliament of the way they handled the May 19, 2019 presidential election which handed down president Peter Mutharika a second and last
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Robert C. Davidson
Robert C. Davidson, Jr. was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Surface Protection Industries, a paint and specialty coatings manufacturing company he founded in 1978. Under Davidson’s leadership, the company grew to become the largest African- American-owned manufacturing company in
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Rwandan, Ugandan Officials to Meet Over Normalizing Relations
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1st African American woman elected to Montgomery Co. education board dies
Trailblazing Montgomery County, Maryland, leader, activist and public servant Odessa Shannon died
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Fair Employment Practices Commission.
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